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Welcome here. Your newest articles were pretty good. Punkmorten (talk) 12:20, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Södertörn

I reverted your move of the college, because it is not a university by Swedish law, and it therefore does not matter what the institution calls itself in English. There are different criteria for colleges and universities in Sweden, and at the moment Södertörn högskola does not meet the Swedish requirements of a university. --Axt (talk) 08:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I disagree, it does officially call itself Södertörn University in English and is also referred to as such in the English language. We cannot invent our own name in English for the institution, per Misplaced Pages:No original research. It does not matter whether it is called a university in Swedish, I would also note that "university college" is not actually an English equvialent of "högskola" but a very rough translation used by most such institutions in Scandinavia (but not by Södertörn). --GVU (talk) 11:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

You can disagree as much as you want, Södertörn högskola is not a university. The appropriate term to use is college, community college, or, in the worst case, "university college". Södertörn College only calls itself a "university" in English, but not in Swedish, and it does so because it wants to give foreigners the impression that it is a research-oriented and doctor's degree awarding institution with university status, which it isn't. I do not know why Swedish politicians do not stop the college from pretending to be something thit isn't, but it certainly shouldn't be named a university contrary to better knowledge. --Axt (talk) 16:00, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is not the right place to promote your opposition to the English name of Södertörn University. Actually, Södertörn is rather research-oriented and it has doctoral candidates (whose doctorates are formally awarded by other universities in the end). GVU (talk) 14:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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3 RR violation

GVU, you've just violated the three revert rule on Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. I realize that you may not have been aware of this rule so rather than reporting you, I thought I'd warn you. You should self-revert your latest edit to that page.radek (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

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You are in error. I've only reverted three times (the first edit was not a revert). Besides, you are engaged in an edit war yourself. GVU (talk) 21:55, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Economics prize

Hello--I waver on this, but currently find myself in sympathy with your view on the name for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences‎ article, so didn't get a chance to make my argument there. I missed the recent discussion on whether to rename the article. Regardless, I think we should take a breath and give this time before coming back to it. It's a perennial conflict, and so gets very annoying. I think that it's clear from the opening sentence of the article what the real name is and what the alternatives are, so I don't think there's a POV problem there.

I'm not sure what a decent waiting period is. I'd personally wait a minimum of 6 months before re-opening the issue. User:Cretog8 20:35, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I fear the situation will not be any different in 6 months, but I guess the case can rest for a while now (6 months is a very long time at Misplaced Pages, I'd say it would be ok to start a new discussion some time after the summer - August?) . What is very unfortunate for Misplaced Pages (at least this edition, other editions use the correct name of the prize) is that there is an active lobby which is very committed to associate the prize with the Nobel prizes at any cost and has managed to have it their way, and defend it very aggressively. GVU (talk) 22:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

• • I too am very sympathetic to your cause.. you can see my promotion of the rename for NPOV reasons in April. I too think we should wait. On the other hand, I think Misplaced Pages's naming policy is "do what reliable sources do" and the reliable sources are using a POV name. I intend to send commentaries to major news sources asking them to change their internal policy on naming and then hope for a wiki change after the 2009 announcements with a more accurate name... --kittyKAY4 (talk) 21:49, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
    • That sounds like a good idea. GVU (talk) 15:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

• • • And I intend to send commentaries to Megan Fox asking her to consider a clothing-optional lifestyle. I've got at least as good a chance as you do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.54.2.107 (talk) 18:08, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Award

		Zen Garden Award for Infinite Patience
		The Zen Garden Award for Infinite Patience shall --on this twenty-first day of the eight month in the year two-thousand-and-nine-- be awarded to GVU who has shown extraordinary patience in the face of turmoil. Mootros (talk) 14:31, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

October 2009

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Abecedare (talk) 13:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)